Buddies boss Danny Lennon has tipped frustrated striker Lewis Guy to get back on the goals trail soon ... despite giving him the hook against Hamilton on Tuesday night.

Lennon took Guy off just 35 minutes into the Scottish Communities League Cup third round tie and replaced him with Steven Thompson.

Guy had struggled to get the better of a stuffy Accies defence as he suffered another game to forget after missing some gilt-edged chances in the 3-1 SPL defeat against Kilmarnock at the weekend.

However, Lennon insists he still has faith in the English striker and Saints fans shouldn’t be surprised if he’s back in the starting line-up for this Saturday’s showdown with Ross County.

“For us to get through on Tuesday, we had to get the right tools out on the park,” said Lennon.

“The way the game was going, we could see there was no space for Lewis, so we took him off. Lewis understands that. I’m sure there will be times this season when we will be able to get the ball in behind defences and you will see him score a lot of goals.”